diff --git a/extensions/imageloader.c b/extensions/imageloader.c
index bd702ad..59e4c3e 100644
--- a/extensions/imageloader.c
+++ b/extensions/imageloader.c
@@ -178,14 +178,22 @@ cImageImporterSVG::cImageImporterSVG() {
 
 cImageImporterSVG::~cImageImporterSVG() {
     if (handle) {
-        rsvg_handle_read_stream_sync(handle, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+#if LIBRSVG_CHECK_VERSION (2, 46, 0)
+        // rsvg_handle_close is deprecated since version 2.46 and looks like even not required if used with rsvg_handle_new_from_file
+#else
+        rsvg_handle_close(handle, NULL);
+#endif
         g_object_unref(handle);
     }
 }
 
 bool cImageImporterSVG::LoadImage(const char *path) {
     if (handle) {
-        rsvg_handle_read_stream_sync(handle, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+#if LIBRSVG_CHECK_VERSION (2, 46, 0)
+        // rsvg_handle_close is deprecated since version 2.46 and looks like even not required if used with rsvg_handle_new_from_file
+#else
+        rsvg_handle_close(handle, NULL);
+#endif
         g_object_unref(handle);
     }
 
@@ -521,3 +529,5 @@ void cSVGTemplate::ReplaceTokens(string &line, size_t tokenStart, size_t tokenEn
     std::replace( svgAlpha.begin(), svgAlpha.end(), ',', '.');
     line.replace(hitAlpha, hitAlphaEnd - hitAlpha + 2, svgAlpha);
 }
+
+// vim: ts=4 sw=4 et